Olivia says to Erika, "Do you know Adam?" Erika replies, "Oh yeah, he's that gay guy from our dorm, right?" By calling Adam, "that gay guy," Erika is ____ Adam

A) totalizing
B) using loaded language to refer to
C) using a euphemism about
D) engaging in doublespeak about
E) indexing


A

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